Friday, August 13, 2010

Johnson back to 6th

Alyson Footer has your lineup for tonight's series opener against the Pirates:

1. Bourn - CF
2. Sanchez - SS
3. Pence - RF
4. Lee - LF
5. Blum - 2B (!)
6. Johnson - 3B
7. Wallace - 1B
8. Quintero - C
9. Myers - P

Now, I know what you're thinking: "WTF is Humberto Quintero doing in the lineup?" Well, consider this:

With Castro behind the plate (three games), Myers has the following line: 15IP, 17H/11R, 13K:5BB, .266/.319/.594. With Quintero (7 games), Myers is: 47.2IP, 31H/13R, 33K:10BB, .183/.228/.260 against.